Thoreau writes in his journal:
The obvious falling of leaves (i.e. not to include the fall of the pitch pines and larches and the complete fall of the birches, white willows, etc.) ended about the first of November. A very few bright-colored leaves on small shrubs, such as oak sprouts, black cherry, blueberry, etc., have lingered up to this time in favorable places. by the first of November, or at most a few days later, the trees generally wear, in the main, their winter aspect, their leaves gradually fading until spring . . .
